Exodus 4:1 And Moses answered and said, But behold, they will not believe me, nor hearken unto my voice: for they will say, The Lord hath not appeared unto thee.
Prior to this verse we see that God had spoken to Moses in Exodus 3 and made it clear that God had
selected Moses to lead the children of Israel from the land of captivity Egypt to a land flowing with milk and honey in Canaan (Exodus 3:8-10). God had spoken to Moses through the burning bush that was not consumed by fire (Exodus 3:2). God even told Moses exactly what he was supposed to tell the children of Israel but as we have seen in our opening verse (Exodus 4:1) he was still filled with doubt. You must know that when God gives you an instruction, the
ability for you to do it is in the instruction by the power of the Holy Spirit.
In Exodus 3:11 Moses told God point blank that he did not have ability to lead the children of Israel. God
made it clear to Moses that he must not worry because
God was going to be with him as he led the children of Israel. God was going to enable Moses to lead excellently but the man still found another excuse in Exodus 3:13 as Moses asked God to give him the name of the God that had authorised him to lead the mission. Can you imagine, God is talking to him and
he has the audacity to say "God what is your name?"
God answered again but Moses continued with excuses (read Exodus 4:1-17). You could nickname Moses “Mr Excuses”.
Moses had so many excuses because he continually looked down upon himself; he had a mindset of
negative thoughts all the time. He looked down upon himself and could not see the testimony that the grace of God had supernaturally located him to lead the children of Israel. God knew all the inadequacies of
Moses, including the fact that he had killed an Egyptian and fled the scene, murderer on the run.
God chose Moses and all he had to do was to carry out the instructions of God.
Too many Christians are so busy seeing their inadequacies they cannot see the great potential that
is in them. God is telling them to do something but
there is always an inadequacy that they find in themselves and they struggle to do it. The truth is that inadequacy is a decoy from satan to ensure
that you lose time and you fail to accomplish what God wants you to do. I fully support people getting
extra knowledge and qualifications but there are too many of God’s children holding or pursuing
qualifications that are irrelevant to what God has destined for their lives.
Some people have their inadequacies/limitations prescribed for them by critics and they lose the
mindset that they can do what God has purposed for them. Often these limitations are nicely packaged as “constructive criticism” when in fact “it is the devil
speaking” discouragement into your life.
Go ahead and do what god has told you to do. Be bold and do not hesitate. The Holy Spirit will perform God’s word in your life in Jesus name. Amen.
When Moses stopped looking at his inadequacies and
started looking at God’s ability, he excelled in leading
the children of Israel out of captivity. Excuses ceased
to be a part of his lifestyle and he utilised the opportunity God gave him to shine. We still remember him to this very day.
REMEMBER, EXCUSES MAKE YOU SMALL AND YOU BECOME IRRELEVANT
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